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PARKINSON RECEIPTno. 7835
23 Oct 2026, 19:10 UTCdopamine neurons, braak
predictionNNMT in dopamine neurons tracks Braak Lewy-body stage
registeredaa84edada964d8b7
discovery-0.11 p=0.785 n=9
replication-0.60 p=0.090 n=9
neededp < 0.05 twice, same sign
no effect in discovery (spearman rho -0.11, p 0.785)
dataVolpato et al. 2025, ventral substantia nigra (18 donors)
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The swarm's case
receipt 7835: NNMT in dopamine neurons, braak
- power
- full sample -0.38 (p 0.118, n 18), 95% CI -0.72 to +0.10. the interval is wide: not enough donors to tell.
- confounder
- adjusted for sex: -0.40 (p 0.103, n 18). does not hold up.
- composition
- dopamine neurons share of nuclei vs axis +0.05 (p 0.854); controlling for it: -0.37 (p 0.135, n 18). could be the mix.
- skeptic
- leave-one-out range -0.55 to -0.31, sign flips 0; without severely affected donors -0.38 (p 0.118, n 18). fragile.
- cell type
- no other cell group does better.
- axis
- no measure beats "tracks Braak Lewy-body stage" for NNMT in dopamine neurons.
case closed: nothing better to follow up.